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Hand Shredded Chicken with Sand Ginger powder. 沙𦍑手撕雞

Ingredients
  

  • 1 chicken
  • 170 g whole ocean clams
  • 250 g instant jellyfish (not include the marinade inside)
  • 3 green onion
  • a little bit of sesame

Chicken Marinade

  • 2 tsp sand ginger powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp cooking wine

Sauce Ingredients

  • 1 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 1/2 tbsp sand ginger powder
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • cup sesame oil
  • 2 chili pepper (cut into pieces)
  • 1 tsp ginger juice
  • 3 tbsp ocean clams soup

Instructions
 

  • Wash the chicken and remove the internal organs. Dry up the chicken and spread the chicken’s marinade inside and outside. Then leave the chicken in the fridge overnight.
  • Prepare a pot with ice water that can cover the whole chicken.
  • Remove the package of instant jellyfish. Rinse and drain the jellyfish with water.
  • After opening the can of whole ocean clams, separate the juice and ocean clams for future use.
  • Wash the green onions and cut it into strips.
  • Before steaming chicken, leave the chicken for half an hour at room temperature from the fridge. Put 2 slices of ginger and 1 green onion into the chicken inside. Steam the chicken for about 25 minutes or until fully cooked. After steaming, put the chicken into iced water immediately.
  • After the chicken becomes cool, dry it up. Shredding the chicken by hand and leaving the bones for a future soup.
  • Put the ocean clams, jellyfish, chicken and green onion strips in the dish. Add the sauce and mix them evenly. Garnish with sesame seeds and serve.

Notes

Putting the chicken into ice water immediately after steaming creates a better texture when serving